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Style

noun

1.

How something is done or how it happens. Synonyms: fashion, manner, mode, way. "His rapid manner of talking" , "Their nomadic mode of existence" , "In the characteristic New York style" , "A lonely way of life" , "In an abrasive fashion"

2.

A way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period. Synonym: expressive style.

3.

A particular kind (as to appearance).

4.

The popular taste at a given time. Synonyms: trend, vogue. "He followed current trends" , "The 1920s had a style of their own"

5.

(botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma.

6.

Editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display.

7.

Distinctive and stylish elegance. Synonyms: dash, elan, flair, panache.

8.

A pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving. Synonym: stylus.

9.

A slender bristlelike or tubular process.

verb

(past & past part. styled; pres. part. styling)

1.

Designate by an identifying term. Synonym: title.

2.

Make consistent with a certain fashion or style. "Style the dress"

3.

Make consistent with certain rules of style.

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"Style" Quotes from Famous Books

... represented as the two principal Deities; and styled Dii Magni, Dii Maximi, Dii Potentes, Cabeiri. Mention is made by Pausanias of the great regard paid to them, and particularly by the Cephalenses. [370][Greek: Megalous gar sphas hoi tautei Theous onomazousin.] The people there style them by way of eminence the Great Gods. There are altars extant, which are inscribed [371]CASTORI ET POLLUCI DIIS MAGNIS. In [372]Gruter is a Greek inscription to the same purport. [Greek: Gaios Gaiou Acharneus Hiereus genomenos Theon Megalon Dioskoron ...

— A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) • Jacob Bryant

... ultimately) to put the king more completely under the check of the Privy Council by remodelling its constitution; was a writer of considerable distinction, his miscellaneous essays and memoirs being notable for grace and perspicuity of style (1628-1699). ...

— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood

... Allah, O Muhjat al-Kulub and Oh of eyne the coolth, do thou repeat to me what thou hast said." Hereupon she touched her instrument with another touch accompanying the repetition of her poetry in a style wholly unlike the first, and she repeated her song in the mode and form Nahawand.[FN299] But when the Caliph heard her, his wits were wildered, and he rent that was upon him of raiment, and he fell fainting to the floor until ...

— Supplemental Nights, Volume 5 • Richard F. Burton

... the First Church in Boston six years before Mr. Buckminster's settlement, possessed, on the contrary, a graceful and dignified style of speaking, which was by no means without its attraction, but he lacked the fervor that could rouse the masses, and the original resources that could ...

— Ralph Waldo Emerson • Oliver Wendell Holmes

... wound, and bandaged the arm in approved style, Cousin Jim looking on with grunts of approval. He and Delmonte himself both assured her that, if they were handling it, they should simply squirt carbolic acid into it, and tie it up with anything that came handy; but Rita shook her head gravely, ...

— Rita • Laura E. Richards

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